by Fort Collins Chamber | May 1, 2018 | Community & Quality of Life
We are well on our way to securing the necessary funding to assure the expansion of the North I-25 Corridor to two lanes by 2025. But key to our success is the passage of a statewide bonding program to deliver no less than $3.5 billion in critical road projects...
by Fort Collins Chamber | Apr 3, 2018 | Community & Quality of Life
The year 2018 is shaping up to be a critical year for realizing measurable progress on widening North I-25 and addressing Colorado’s transportation funding needs. In a matter of weeks, CDOT’s contractors will break ground on Phase One of the North I-25 Express Lanes...
by Fort Collins Chamber | Mar 20, 2018 | Community & Quality of Life
On Monday the Governor’s Office of State Planning and Budgeting presented its quarterly revenue forecast to the Joint Budget Committee and the news was extremely positive. Similarly, the Legislative Council estimates the legislature will have a whopping $1.29 billion...
by Fort Collins Chamber | Feb 27, 2018 | Community & Quality of Life
I get asked all the time about I-25 and transportation funding. It’s the topic locally. This legislative session, we are supporting the passage of Senate Bill 1 to secure some general fund money from Colorado’s budget for transportation as well as bonding to jumpstart...
by Fort Collins Chamber | Feb 13, 2018 | Community & Quality of Life
Affordable housing (i.e. subsidized housing for low-income people) and housing affordability (the ability of people to pay for housing) are big topics in our area and have been for a while. The cost of putting a roof over your head is obviously personal and impacts...
by Fort Collins Chamber | Apr 26, 2016 | Community & Quality of Life
In case you missed it, an April 14 story in the Denver Post reported that Colorado led the nation last for the percentage of households that switched addresses from the previous year. Nationally, 6.4 percent of people changed addresses, whereas 10 percent of Colorado...
